My Practice

        My work explores the relationship between faith and everyday life through my relationship with God. I became interested in this relationship after experiencing a sense of love and peace that was not based on performance or achievement.      

        I aim to communicate that experience by exploring spiritual metaphors and giving them a physical, recognizable form. I deconstruct moments from my own life and connect them to scripture, using biblical parables and imagery to encourage viewers to look beyond what is immediately visible.      

        Familiar situations create a point of entry, while symbolic elements, gestures, objects, and relationships between figures reveal another layer of meaning. Rather than directly explaining an idea, I use the body, objects, and space to show it.      

        I am interested in how physical experiences can carry intangible spiritual ones.      

        Across painting and relief printmaking, I build images through layering, carving, removing, and rebuilding. I use the body, shifts in light and shadow, texture, and composition to conceal and reveal parts of the scene, creating tension between what is visible and what remains hidden.      

        Through these processes, I give physical form to ideas about faith, love, peace, and guidance.